Golf putting box



A. B. SCOTT GOLF PUTTING BOX Nov. 6 1923.

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Patented i icovo 6, 1923 entries htlhdl ll ALONZO' B. SCOTT, OF FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA.

GOLF PUTTIIQG 30X.

Application filed April 29, 1921- Serial No. 462,799.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, i-inoivzo 13.. Sco'rr, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fairmont, in the county of Marion and 'tate of West Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Golf Putting Box, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to golf putting boxes of a kind adapted for either indoor use or outdoor use but oflering special advantages when used indoors.

The purpose of'my invention is to enable golf players or persons wishing to train themselves for playing golf to put the golf ball accurately and with force, and also to enable them to determine approximately the de ree of force applied to the ball.

eference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device.

Figure 2 is a bottom view, partly an inverted plan and partly a section.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

A casing 1 having the form of a box is provided with a relatively large compartment 5 and a smaller compartment 6 and with a door 7 common to these two compartments, this door being mounted upon hinges 8. Upon the top of the box is a dial 9 provided with legends indicating feet and fractions thereof, in this instance consisting of numerals O to 10, inclusive, together with the word Bunker. Mounted adjacent the dial and adapted to turn relatively to the same is a pointer 10 carried by a stub shaft 11, the latter being journaled upon the top of the box and carrying a ratchet wheel 12. A pawl 13 detachably engages the ratchet 12 and is normallv pressed thereagainst by a leaf spring 1 1. A releasing rod 15 extends through a hole in the top of the box and is connected with the ratchet 12. This releasing rod is provided with a head 16, which may be 1 ressed by the operator, so as to rock the pawl 13 and disengage it from the ratchet wheel 12, in order to allow the pointer to turn to its initial or normal position, gindicated by the character 0 (zero), as hereinafter described. When the pointer 10 is in its normal position, it

points toward a pin 17, the latter being in close proximity to the legend 0, as may be understood from Figure 1.

A buffer 18 having a general arcuate form is provided with a layer of felt 19 which serves to prevent excessive noise when the ball strikes the buffer. The buffer is mounted upon two flat bars 20, which extend into the casing and are pivotally connected with a pair of links 21, the latter being pivotally connected with small brackets 22. The bars 20 carry a pintle 23 and pivotally connected with this pintle is a lever 24. The lever is connected with a post 25 by means of a pin 26 and is thus adapted to rock relatively to the post and to the casing. he lever 24: is provided with a portion 27 bent slightly and connected by means of a pin 29 with the adjacent end portion 23 of a sector 30. This sector is journaled upon a stub shaft 30 and is provided with teeth 31, which mesh with the teeth of a gear pinion 32, this gear pinion being mounted rigidly upon the stub shaft 11. By this arrangement, whenever the sector 31 swings upon its shaft 3O as a center, it communicates a rotary motion to the pinion 32 and thence to the pointer 10, so as to cause the same to turn relatively to the dial 9. The bars 20 carry a crossbar 33, and extending through this crossbar 33 is a screw 3 controllable by hand for adjusting the pull of tensile spring Thus, by means of the screw 34-, the tension of the spring 35 may be controlled within reasonable limits at the will of the operator, and the spring may, therefore, be adjusted to exertdifl'erent degrees of tensile strain, one end of the spring being connected to the casing and the other end being similarly connected to the cross bar 33 as indicated in Figure 2.

The operation of my device is as follows: The parts being assembled and arran ed as above indicated and as shown in the drawing, the device as a whole is placed upon the floor for indoor use, or is carried out and placed upon the ground for outdoor use. The operator places a ball on the putting surface some distance from the box and strikes the ball toward and against the buffer 18 as he or she woud do in putting into a hole or cup on a golf course green. In doing this, the force of the blow is registered by the dial .9, in connection with the position relatively thereto assumed by the pointer 10.

The buffer 18 is of such size that striking of the spring 35.

afterward used indoors.

The compartment 6 is used to contain a number of golf balls.

I do not limit myself to the precise mechanism shown, as variations may be made thereinwithout departing from my invention, the scope of which is commensurate with my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: r V

1. A device of the character described comprising a casing adapted to normally rest on .the round a buffer carried exteriorl b a a y said casing at one side and movable horizontally relatively thereto, said buffer having an arcuate form and adapted to receive the im pact. of a golf ball having approximately the same are, registering -mechanism carried within. said casing for indicating the force of the blow upon the buffer, said buffer and registering mechanism being operatively connected spring mechanism for controlling the resistance offered by the buffer to the stroke of the golf ball, and mechanism con- .trollable atgthe will of the operator for ad-- justing the tension of said spring mechanism. 2. Ina golf putt1ngboX,jthe combinatlon of a casing provided with a top and with a dial formed upon said top andhaving legends, a revolubleshaft journaled in said top, a pointer carried by saidrevoluble shaft and movable adjacent said dial, a ratchet wheel mounted uponsaid shaft, a pawl carried by said top and normally engaging: said ratchet wheel, a spring engaging said pawl for forcing the same into engagement with said ratchet wheel, means controllable at the will of the operator for releasing said pawl fromsaid ratchet'wheel, a pinion carried by said shaftQa sector journaled upon said top and engaging said pinion'forthe purpose of turning said pinion, a mounting for said sector for enabling the same to roclga lever connected with said sector, aIpair-of bars pivotally connected with said :lever for actuating the same, said bars extending out through said casing, and a buffer carried by said bar.

3. Adevice of the character described comsa-id bu flier is struck.

,; non- 0 nsoo'i rj prising a casing, a pair of bars carried by 'said caslng and extending outwardly there from, a buffer of substantially arcuateform carried by said'bars, a pintle carried by said bars, a lever connected with said pintle, a

post mounted within said casing and supporting sald lever soas to allow sald lever to rock, indicating mechanism controllable. by I movements of said lever for indicating the force of a blow upon'said' buffer,;spring mechanism connected with said bars, and means controllable at the will of the operator for adjusting said spring .mechanism.

. 4-. A device of the character described comprising a casing adapted to normallyrest on the ground; registering mounted therein, indicating mechanism carried thereon, a pair of horizontally disposed actuating bars operatively connected with said registering mechanism and extending outwardly, from said casing at one side thereof, and a buffer mounted uponsaid bars andhaving a substantially arcuate form,'said buffer adapted tobe forced inwardly to actuate the register- 7 ing and indicating mechanism by a ball having the same approximate arc.

A device of the character described {comprisin a casing, a pair of bars carried thereand extending outwardly therefrom, a

buffer mounted upon saidbars, a pintle extending from one of said bars to the other, spring mechanism connected with said bars and adjustable for the purpose 'oftensioning said bars, a, lever connected with saidpintle,.-

vmeans for supportingsaid' leverso as to al low SillCl lever to rockwhen'said buffer is struck by .a golf ball or the like, a sector ournaled within said casing and ada'ted to :be

rocked, said sector being connecte with said lever and being provided witla1teetl1,,a ,pin ion provided with teeth and engaging said sector sons to be actuated byanovementsi thereof, and indicating mechanism connected with said pinion and controllable by movements thereof for indicating the force with which said buffer is struck. V I

6. A device of the character described thereby and extending outwardly therefrom, a buffer mounted upon said bars and f-having a substantially arcuate form, a pintle extending from one of said bars to-the other,

11 0 COln risin it CELSIZLI'l air bars carried 2: b7

spring. mechanism connected with said bars 7 and with said casing, a screw carried by said bars and connected with said spring for'the purpose of controlling the tension of said spring, said screw being adjustable by the operator, a lever connected wlth said bars,

and indicating mechanism connected with V i said lcverfor indlcatlng the force w1th whlch 

